Reverse Dictionary: HOUSE

ADJECTIVES
► BEN-A-HOOSE belonging to the parlour or the best room → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BENWARD towards the interior of a house → c1475 Sc.
► GABBERN of rooms, houses, etc.: comfortless, bare; large, ill-proportioned or ill-contrived → 1790 Eng. dial.
► HOUSAL relating to a house or household; domestic → 1611
► HOUSEFAST 1. of a person: owning or living in a house → c1275 obs.
2. confined to the house, as by illness etc. → 1855 chiefly Eng. dial.
► LAID of a house: well-furnished, attractive → 1972 African-American sl.

ADVERBS
► BEN-A-HOOSE in the parlour → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BENLINS towards the interior of a house → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEN-THE-HOOSE in the parlour → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► FROM CELLAR TO GARRET throughout the house → 1828
► FROM GARRET TO KITCHEN throughout the house → 1712

NOUNS
► AEDICULE a small house or room; also, a niche for a statue → 1832
► AIREY ► AIRY the ‘area’ of a house, adjacent to the basement steps → M19 sl.
► AUCTION a dirty or untidy house or place → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BABALOOBIES water-worn limestones used to decorate walls or houses; weathered stone copings → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BACH a small makeshift hut; a small holiday house → E20 Aust. & NZ colloq.
► BACHY a small house occupied by a single man → 2003 Trinidad and Tobago
► BACK-END the  back part of a house; the premises attached thereto → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BACKER-END the farther end of a room → 1889 Eng. dial.
► BACKHOUSE 1. the back-room of a house; the back-kitchen, scullery, washhouse → 1795
2. a room or house containing an oven, a bakehouse; a public bakery → 1857 Eng. dial.
3. the parlour → 1954 Amer. dial.
► BACK KITCHEN a room connected to the kitchen, used for storing, deep freeze, etc. → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BACKLAND a house built behind others → 1835 Sc.
► BACKLET the back premises of a house; a court, yard → 1724 Eng. dial.
► BACKSIDE the backyard of a house → 1634 arch.
► BACK SLUM a back room. a back entrance → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BACKWAY the yard or space at the back of a house → 1899 Amer. dial.
► BAKER the rear room of an addition to a home → 1941 Amer. dial.
► BATCHY a small house occupied by a single man → 2003 Trinidad and Tobago
► BEDDER a bedroom → 1897 university sl.
► BEDSINK a small alcove off a kitchen, with a curtain rather than a door, where older people could sleep warmly in winter → 1973 Amer. dial.
► BEN the inner room → 1791-9 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
► BEN-END the best room in a house; hence, the best part of anything → 1892 Sc.
► BEN-HOUSE the inner or principal room → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEN-ROOM the best room in a house → 1891 Sc.
► BEN-THE-HOOSE the best or inner part of a house → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEST PARLOUR the old-fashioned front parlour of a house → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BEST ROOM the old-fashioned front parlour of a house → 1907 Amer. dial.
► BETTER HOYLE a parlour → 1879 Eng. dial.
► BEY a room of a cottage or house → 1911 Sc.  (Bk.)
► BIEL a shelter, refuge; a home, house; anything that shelters or shades → 1911 Sc.  (Bk.)
► BIELD shelter, refuge; also, a house, any object with shelters → 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BIGD a building, a house → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BIG HOUSE the principal room of a house; the living room → 1903 Amer. dial.
► BIG ROOM the principal room of a house; the living room → a1883 Amer. dial.
► BIGGIN a building, a house, a cottage; a hut covered with mud or turf → 1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BOAR’S NEST an untidy or messy room or house → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BOUROCH a house, a home → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOW a house; the principal farmhouse on an estate → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOWER an inner room; a parlour → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOWERIQUE a small ‘bower’ or parlour → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOX a house → M18 sl.
► BOX-HOUSE a square-built house suggestive of a box → 1881 US
► CAGE an abandoned house → 2000 US sl.
► CALIFORNIA ROOM a sun room or lounge with big windows → 1975 Amer. dial.
► CAMELBACK a house which is higher in back than in front, as one having two stories at the back and one in front → 1941 Amer. dial.
► CAMELOPARD HOUSE one having two stories in the front and one behind → 1981 Amer. dial.
► CASE the outer part of a house or building; the shell or carcass → 1677
► CASINO a pleasure-house, a summer-house in Italy → 1831
► CASTLE one’s house; one’s home → 1930s African-American sl.
► CHAT a house → M19 sl.
► CHILL PAD an apartment or house → 2008 African-American sl.
► CLUTTER HOLE a small space in a house where you can hide things or get them out of the way → 1966 Amer. dial.
► COT a small house, a little cottage → c893
► CRAMMER a small space in a house where you can hide things or get them out of the way; a cubbyhole → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CRATCH a small house; a cot → c1325 obs.
► CRIB a house or residence; a home; a shop, a public house, etc. → 1819 thieves’ sl.
► DAYTAL-HOUSE a house rent-free → 1851 Ireland
► DEAD an empty house → L20 sl.
► DEAD NUMBER the last house in a row or street; the end of a street → L19 sl.
► DEAD ‘UN an uninhabited house; unoccupied premises → L19 UK criminals’ sl.
► DIGGINGS a house → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► DIGS lodgings, be it a room, flat, or house → 1893 UK sl.
► DILLY-HOUSE a room containing too many ornaments, etc., for good taste → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOG-TROT HOUSE a house of two one-room cabins joined by a roof → 1984 Amer. dial.
► DOMATOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of being in a house → 1991 (Bk.)
► DOMI ► DOMIE ► DOMMIE ► DOMMY one’s house, one’s home → 1930s African-American sl.
► DOUBLE HOUSE a house with rooms duplicated on each side of the entrance → 1726 US
► DOVEHOUSE a small petty house or place → 1523
► DRUM a place of business or residence; a house, a home, a flat, etc. → 1846 UK sl.
► EAGLE the gable of a house → 1682 obs.
► EATING-ROOM a room appropriated for eating; a dining-room → 1613 arch.
► EAVESING the eaves of a house or stack; formerly used also for ‘roof’ and hence, for ‘dwelling’ → a1225 obs.
► FANCY CRIB a fashionable, chic, well-designed home → 20C African-American sl.
► FAR ROOM a parlour → 1983 Amer. dial.
► FASTIGIUM the apex or summit; the ridge of a house → 1677
► FIREROOM any room in a house with a fireplace → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GAFF a house or shop, a home → 1920s sl.
► GARDEN-HOUSE a dwelling-house situated in a garden; a suburban residence → 1607
► GATES a house → 1985 Bermuda
► GENTRY COFE’S KEN ► GENTRY COVE’S KEN a gentleman’s house → M16 cant
► GENTRY KEN a gentleman’s house → 19C cant
► GODDLE-HOUSE a house that has been vacant a long time and is out of repair → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROWLERY a place to ‘growl’ in; jocularly applied to a person’s private sitting room → 1852
► HA the principal room of a house; the parlour where the master and his family sat apart from the servants; also, the kitchen or living-room of a farmhouse where the family and the servants sat together → 1737 Sc. obs.
► HALE a building, esp. a house → 1934 Hawaii
► HALL 1. the principal room of a house, the parlour → 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. a house, a home; a farm-house or cottage → 1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HALLAN a house, a dwelling, a cottage → 1827 Sc.
► HALL-CHAMBER the principal room of a house, the parlour → 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HELLHOLE a small space in a house where you can hide things or get them out of the way → 1967 Amer. dial.
► HEN-HOUSE a house inhabited chiefly by women; a house where the woman rules → L19 sl.
► HOLY OF HOLIES a bedroom → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOUSE-COP the top of a house, the roof → a1425 obs.
► HOUSE HEAD the roof of a house → a1600 Sc.
► HOUSELET a small house → 1802
► HOUSESTEAD a place or piece of ground on which a house stands; the site of a house → a1000
► HUMPEY ► HUMPIE ► HUMPY a native Australian hut; hence, a very small or primitive house; a small shack → 1873 Aust.
► HURLEY-HOUSE a large house fallen into disrepair or nearly in ruins → 1814 Sc.
► HUT a house → 1989 US sl.
► HUTCH a domicile, be it a room, apartment, or house→ 1966 US sl.
► KAHUTE a little house → 1790 Sc.
► KEEPING ROOM a sitting room or parlour intended for family use, as distinct from a ‘front’ room reserved for company → 1771 Amer. dial.
► KENNEL a house or room → 1837 US sl.
► KIPSIE ► KIPSY a house, the home →  1916 Aust.
► KOOTEE a house → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
► LAID CRIB a nice house; an attractive residence → 1972 African-American sl.
► LATTIE ► LATTY a house or a flat → 1859 UK sl.
► LAYER OF FLOORING a story in a house → 1813 Sc.
► LAYOUT an apartment, a house, or any place → M19 US sl.
► LINTER a lean-to, an addition to a house → 1779 US
► LIZARD a long, narrow house, with the narrow end facing the street, and rooms opening on an alley along the side → 1923 Amer. dial.
► LOFT the second story of a house; upstairs → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LOUSE-CAGE a bedroom → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LUST-HOUSE a country-house, a villa → 1590
► MAIN HOUSE a living room or parlour → 1942 Amer. dial.
► MAISON a house → 1570 Sc. obs.
► MAISONNETTE a small house → 1818
► MAMMA’S BEDROOM ► MAMMA’S ROOM ► MOM’S ROOM the family room → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MANSION a structure or edifice serving as a dwelling or lodging place; a house, a tent, etc. → a1340 obs.
► MANSION-HOUSE a dwelling-house, a house in which a person resides → 1533 obs.
► MAN-STY a dwelling-house or hut unfit for human habitation → 1799
► MOCK BEGGAR HALL a house with an inviting external appearance, but within poor and bare, and therefore disappointing to those who come to beg → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MONEY PIT a major drain on financial resources, a waste of money; a house in need of expensive repairs or maintenance → 1984 colloq.
► MUSHROOM HALL a house or hut erected overnight → 1872
► NECKLE a house; a dwelling → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NIBSOMEST-CRIBS the best houses → 1819 beggars’ sl.
► NOD-BOX a bedroom → 1940s African-American sl.
► ODD-HOUSE a house standing alone at some distance from any town or village; also applied to a detached residence as distinguished from one in a row → 19C Eng. dial.
► ODDLINGS ► ODDLINS a solitary house, a house standing by itself remote from others → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OSSO one’s house or home → 2000 African-American sl.
► OTHER ROOM the living room → 1973 Amer. dial.
► PAD a place, house, or apartment; a room, esp. a bedroom → 1938  sl.
► PADHOUSE one’s house; one’s home → 1930s African-American sl.
► PAMPHIL a small house; a square enclosure made with stakes → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► PANNEY ► PANNY a house → L18 UK criminals’ sl.
► PARLOUR-CHAMBER the spare bedroom; the room over the parlour → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PARLOUR-HOUSE a house of one storey → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PETITION a partition of a house; a wall between two rooms → 1795 Amer. dial.
► PIECE OF HOUSE a small, poorly-built house, or one in rundown condition → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PODUNK a house or home → 1916 Amer. dial.
► QUEENSLANDER a type of weatherboard house raised on stilts  → 1994 Aust. sl.
► QUEER KEN ► QUER KEN a house not worth robbing → L17 UK criminals’ sl.
► RAMBLER a ranch-style house → 1958 Amer. dial.
► RAMSHACK a run-down or makeshift house → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RAMSHACKLE a run-down or makeshift house → 1909 Amer. dial.
► RANCH a hut or house in the country → 1808 US
► RANDIBO-HOUSE a questionable house → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAT AND MOUSE a house → 1910s rhyming sl.
► REEK a house having a chimney → 1822 Sc.
► REEKING-HOUSE an inhabited house → 1823 Sc.
► RENTS house or cottage property → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RIDGE-BONE the weather boarding on the outside of wooden houses → 1853 Eng. dial.
► SADDLEBAG HOUSE a house consisting of two parts separated by a central space or by a large fireplace with a central chimney and covered by a single roof → 1925 Amer. dial.
► SANCTUM SANCTORIUM a bedroom → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHACK one’s home; a house; an apartment → 1880s African-American sl.
► SHEBANG a house, a home, a dwelling place, a shop → 1863 US sl.
► SHOTGUN HOUSE a house whose rooms are all in a line → 1936 Amer. dial.
► SINGLE HOUSE one having only one room occupying its whole depth from back to front → 1818 Sc.
► SINK BEDROOM a small alcove off a kitchen where older people could sleep warmly in winter → 1949 Amer. dial.
► SKY PARLOR a room, esp. a habitable one, on the top floor of a house directly beneath the roof; an attic → 1832 Amer. dial.
► SMOKE a hearth, a fireplace, a house → 1605
► SMOKE-HOUSE a dwelling-house → a1687 obs.
► SNAKE RANCH a bachelor’s house → 1990 US sl.
► SNUGGERY a snug, cosy, or comfortable room, house, etc., esp. a room of small size into which a person retires for seclusion or quiet  → 1815
► SUNNY CHAMBER a summer-house → 1641 Sc. obs.
► SWELL DUMP a house → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► TEXAS HOUSE a house of two one-room cabins joined by a roof → 1874 Amer. dial.
► THROUGH-HOUSE a house with front and back exits → 1899 Eng. dial.
► THWAITE a single house; a small hamlet → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIMBER a building, structure, edifice, or house → a750 obs.
► TIMBER-LAND a wooden house → 1798 Sc.
► TOFT orig. a homestead, the site of a house and its outbuildings; a house site → 1001
► WANE a dwelling-place, a residence, a house → a1225 obs.
► WEANER ► WEANER HOUSE a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple → 1929 Amer. dial.
► WEANING CABIN a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple → 1977 Amer. dial.
► WEANING HOUSE a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple → 1973 Amer. dial.
► WINDWAY a wide, open hall in a house → 1940 Amer. dial.
► YARD 1. a cluster of houses, a ‘fold’ → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. a home, a house or other dwelling place → 1920s W. Indies & Black British sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BELOW NEIGHBOUR one who lives on a lower story of the same house → 1895 Eng. dial.
► CUMBER-HOUSE a person who cumbers or inconveniently occupies a house → 1541 obs.
► DAME the mistress of a house; a wife, esp. the wife of a farmer or yeoman → 1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HEAD-BUMMER the head of a house; the chief representative of a family; the principal person → 1864 Sc.
► HEAD-STALL the head of a house, a father, a husband, etc. → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► HOUSEMAN a man who lives in a house → 1843 colloq.
► HOUSEMONGER a dealer in or seller of houses → 1604
► HOUSEWRIGHT a builder of houses, especially of timber → 1549
► LADY a mistress in relation to servants or slaves; the female head of a household → c825 obs.
► LAIRD an owner of property, esp. a house-owner → 1816 Sc.
► MADAM the mistress of a house → 1824
► MEAT-MIDDER the food-provider or mistress of a house, one who serves out food → 1899 Sc.

PHRASES
► DEVIL HAD A FIT IN HERE, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room → 1966 Amer. dial.
► DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room → 1950 Amer. dial.
► DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION AND HASN’T TAKEN HIS GOODS AWAY, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DEVIL HAS STIRRED IT UP WITH A PITCHFORK, THE said of an untidy house or room → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LOOKS LIKE A HAYSTACK said of an untidy house → 1968 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► BACKSLANG IT to enter a house from the back way → E19 sl.
► POOSTER ABOUT to walk around the house at night → 1895 Amer. dial.
► PULL UP STAKES to depart; to move house → 1961 Aust. sl.
► WARM to inaugurate a new house by a feast or entertainment → 1617 obs.